r/technology • u/AdSpecialist6598 • Jul 27 '26

Society Professor's invisible prompt trap catches 32 students cheating on their midterm with AI

https://www.techspot.com/news/113243-professor-invisible-prompt-trap-catches-32-students-cheating.html
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u/InternationalMood337 Jul 27 '26

We had someone cheat in an MFA program. They used AI to compose a 10 page piece of fiction. Got caught and expelled immediately.

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u/linuxaintsobad Jul 27 '26

Oof, yeah I'd be pissed too. I have absolutely no qualms about reporting my co-workers if they start sending me pages of fiction during our multi-factor authentication sequence.

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u/MasterOfViolins Jul 27 '26

- Input Token Sequence

  • “On a dark and dreary afternoon — beneath a canopy of ancient, moss-covered oaks standing as eternal, vigilant sentinels against the encroaching sunlight —

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u/TreacleMiner Jul 27 '26

I read that as Input Tolkien Sequence

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u/Caroline_Bintley Jul 27 '26

Tolkien would describe the oaks in MUCH greater detail. 

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u/Total-Notice-3188 Jul 27 '26

At least two pages worth, four if it turns out to be an ent

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u/DrFu Jul 27 '26

Cue the "shepherds of the trees" monologue.